Migration Attitudes as the Subject of Social Psychological Research

The paper focuses on the importance of investigating migration processes within the framework of social sciences. It provides a classification of migration processes and describes their stages as well as presents results of sociological studies on migra- tory mobility and social psychological factors of migration attitudes (intentions). The paper illuminates the importance of exploring migratory mobility from social psycho- logical perspective and points out certain specific features of migration attitudes that require the construction of a conceptual model and the development of appropriate research methods.